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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In a lesson for the music and movie industries, software makers appear to be winning the war against software piracy – at least among chronically offending college students, says a University of Florida researcher.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Gay men in Nazi Germany were treated worse than any group except the Jews, with castrations, torture, beatings and death common in Hitler’s concentration camps, says a University of Florida researcher.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Forget Starship Troopers and steely-eyed astronauts – the right stuff for spaceship travel to faraway solar systems is more likely to be a family affair conducted by mom, dad, the kids, kinfolk, and generations to come, says a University of Florida anthropologist.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Alliance program, designed to give at-risk high school students a better chance of attending college and obtaining a baccalaureate degree, is expanding to two new schools in Orlando.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Latin American veterinarians who hope to practice in the United States are receiving help through a new distance-education course offered by the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in collaboration with Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — DNA tests on female skeletal bones at a University of Florida laboratory have ended a Central Florida family’s traumatic 19-year search to find a loved one and launched them on a new mission to apprehend her killer.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida and Procter & Gamble today announced they have joined forces to advance research on Photoprotective Iron Chelator Technology, which was developed by P&G and shows promise for preventing or reducing the harmful effects of the sun, particularly skin cancer.

GAINESVILLE — In a study that may eventually provide hope for millions suffering from disease-damaged hearts, University of Florida researchers have transformed adult bone marrow stem cells from humans into heart muscle cells that remained healthy and functioning in mice for more than two months.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — DNA tests on female skeletal bones at a University of Florida laboratory have ended a Central Florida family's traumatic 19-year search to find a loved one and launched them on a new mission to apprehend her killer.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Recent news that the Internal Revenue Service plans to randomly audit 50,000 extra returns this tax season may discourage cheaters, but it could also have some unintended consequences, say University of Florida economists.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Despite Time magazine labeling it the “Summer of the Shark” and the prevailing perception that 2001 was a banner year for shark attacks, actual numbers were slightly down, a new University of Florida study shows.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jitters about the Enron scandal helped sink consumer confidence in February after a slow but steady recovery since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, University of Florida economists said Tuesday.